• Downs of Santa Fe - September 11, 1983
    Mickey Hart's 40th birthday

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  • Alabama Getaway
    Greatest Story Ever Told
    Dire Wolf
    Hell in a Bucket
    West L.A. Fadeaway
    Me and My Uncle
    Mexicali Blues
    Althea
    C.C. Rider
    Might As Well

    Help on the Way
    Slipknot!
    Franklin's Tower
    Let it Grow
    He's Gone
    drums
    Truckin'
    Wang Dang Doodle
    Morning Dew
    Around and Around
    Sugar Magnolia

    U.S. Blues

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    willowwebster
    4 days 2 hours ago
    Took my mom to her first dead show here in Santa Fe

    She was an older hippie but had never been to a Dead show. She became a Dead Head that day. I remember we were some of the last ones to leave and there were people still dancing even though the music had stoped awhile ago.

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    xxuncle johnxx
    3 years 11 months ago
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    I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the sight and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from there breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories.

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    willowwebster
    4 days 2 hours ago
    I remember the rainbows and the rain

    They played franklin's tower and things started looking up. That was my favorite song at all dead shows. Roll away the dew has a special meaning for me. I always pictured a bucket of soap with bubbles and everything was always made crystal clear when that happened.

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Mickey Hart's 40th birthday
setlist
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
Dire Wolf
Hell in a Bucket
West L.A. Fadeaway
Me and My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Althea
C.C. Rider
Might As Well

Help on the Way
Slipknot!
Franklin's Tower
Let it Grow
He's Gone
drums
Truckin'
Wang Dang Doodle
Morning Dew
Around and Around
Sugar Magnolia

U.S. Blues
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not u.s. blues
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I was so drunk I thought it was of momentous importance that one could watch the band play and see the New Mexico State Prison off in the distance in the same view. There had been a big riot there earlier that year.
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In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome!
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Healey or Plotkin pulled Weirs wire on his mic during this best eva version of Wang Dang....we gonna pitchawangdangdoodleallnightlong....and we did!
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The weather was absolutely great, the music and ppl even better!!! Went to big outdoor hot tub place afterwords w/ many of us there! Sooo Coool! - Yet hot - lol
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One of the best memorys I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage,followed by a rainbow and then an awsome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddys went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one".
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Redbeard gave me CD of the 1st half of the second set. Slip it into the player and marvel. At Slipknot I remember I listened in person. What an unbelievable treat.
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Where can I get to know about this year’s tour plan of the band? I had been longing to attend one from a long time and now that I have time for such events, I was thinking about hitting one of the concerts by the band. port window
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I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the sight and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from there breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories.

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They played franklin's tower and things started looking up. That was my favorite song at all dead shows. Roll away the dew has a special meaning for me. I always pictured a bucket of soap with bubbles and everything was always made crystal clear when that happened.

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She was an older hippie but had never been to a Dead show. She became a Dead Head that day. I remember we were some of the last ones to leave and there were people still dancing even though the music had stoped awhile ago.